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Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second

Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second

The world's oceans are now heating at the same rate as if five Hiroshima atomic bombs were dropped into the water every second, scientists have said.

How the Fight over a Hawaii Mega-telescope Could Change Astronomy

How the Fight over a Hawaii Mega-telescope Could Change Astronomy

Thirty Meter Telescope controversy is forcing scientists to grapple with how their research affects Indigenous peoples.

Science Institutions for a Complex, Fast-Paced World

Science Institutions for a Complex, Fast-Paced World

The post-World War II model for organizing science remains powerful, but moving beyond its limits will be necessary for assuring the contributions of science to solving a wide array of challenges.

Conversational AI Can Propel Social Stereotypes

Conversational AI Can Propel Social Stereotypes

As AI gets more talkative, designers need to consider the ethics of gendering not just voices, but the finer nuances of speech patterns.

Viewpoint: We Lost the Brexit Argument. But We Need to Fight on

Viewpoint: We Lost the Brexit Argument. But We Need to Fight on

The Scientists for EU group is gearing up for 2020 after the desperate disappointment of losing its three-and-a-half year campaign against Brexit - a result that has major implications for research.

Recommendations for Transparent Communication of Open Access Prices and Services

Recommendations for Transparent Communication of Open Access Prices and Services

An independent report published by Information Power aims to improve the transparency of Open Access (OA) prices and services.

Could the Apprenticeship Levy Be the Answer to the UK's Diversity Crisis and £63bn Skills Shortage?

Could the Apprenticeship Levy Be the Answer to the UK's Diversity Crisis and £63bn Skills Shortage?

The current skills gap costs the UK £63 billion a year, with an estimated 600,000 job vacancies in digital technology alone. There are currently more FTSE100 companies being led by men called David and Steve, than companies led by women and ethnic minorities. Meanwhile, we know that companies that achieve...

The T&F Buyout of F1000 Neutralizes the Plan S Threat Infrastructures

The T&F Buyout of F1000 Neutralizes the Plan S Threat Infrastructures

I am tempted to think that Taylor & Francis's acquisition of F1000 should be critiqued on grounds of yet more gross for-profit consolidation in the scholarly publishing ecosystem. I believe this is true. But funders won't care. The EU wants to maintain its stance of market non-interference and I do not believe that the for-profit status of such entities bothers others like Wellcome or Gates.

Nobel Prize Winner Frances Arnold Retracts Paper, Here Is The Reaction

Nobel Prize Winner Frances Arnold Retracts Paper, Here Is The Reaction

Arnold's move garnered praise on Twitter and showed how scientific research needs to change.

New R&D Commissioner Aims to 'revitalise' European Research Area, for East and West

New R&D Commissioner Aims to 'revitalise' European Research Area, for East and West

The European Union's new innovation chief, Mariya Gabriel, wants to "revitalise" efforts to create a real single market for research, education and innovation, bridging the performance gap between eastern and western Europe.

Springer Nature And Germany´s Projekt DEAL Finalise World´s Largest Transformative Open Access Agreement

Springer Nature And Germany´s Projekt DEAL Finalise World´s Largest Transformative Open Access Agreement

Springer Nature and Max Planck Digial Library on behalf of Projekt DEAL announce that the formal contract for the world’s largest transformative Open Access (OA) agreement to date has been signed.

Florida Joins U.S. Government in Probing Foreign Ties of Researchers

Florida Joins U.S. Government in Probing Foreign Ties of Researchers

Florida lawmakers have begun an investigation into the foreign ties of researchers at the state’s universities and research institutions. The inquiry dovetails with an ongoing federal probe into whether such affiliations, notably with Chinese entities, pose a risk to the U.S. research enterprise.

Scientists Urge China to Quickly Share Data on Virus Linked to Pneumonia Outbreak

Scientists Urge China to Quickly Share Data on Virus Linked to Pneumonia Outbreak

Chinese researchers say a novel coronavirus likely sickened 59 people in Wuhan.

Memo to London: 'No Cherry Picking' over Horizon Europe Membership

Memo to London: 'No Cherry Picking' over Horizon Europe Membership

The European Union's top research official telegraphed a message to the UK's Brexit negotiators: When it comes to a post-Brexit deal on research cooperation, there can be "no cherry picking."

New Report on Internal Cost Reallocation Models Within the Bibsam Consortium

New Report on Internal Cost Reallocation Models Within the Bibsam Consortium

Robert van der Vooren conducted a study commissioned by the National Library of Sweden about new ways of distributing publisher contract costs to Bibsam Consortium participants. The study is intended to be a basis when the Bibsam Consortium makes cost distribution future proof for full open access publishing.

In 2030, We Ended the Climate Emergency. Here's How

In 2030, We Ended the Climate Emergency. Here's How

If words make worlds, then we urgently need to tell a new story about the climate crisis. Here is one vision of what it could look and feel like to radically, collectively take action.

UC Response to Publisher Letter Opposing Immediate Open Access to Federally Funded Research

UC Response to Publisher Letter Opposing Immediate Open Access to Federally Funded Research

Ivy Anderson and Jeff MacKie-Mason, who co-chair the team overseeing UC's publisher negotiations strategy, have provided the following response to a recent open letter in which a number of commercial and society journal publishers voiced their opposition to a policy, rumored to be under discussion by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, that would require federally funded research be made freely available to the public immediately upon publication, rather than within 12 months as current policy stipulates.  The University of California believes the public should have access to publicly-funded research, freely and immediately upon publication. We are deeply …